A top aide to Bishop Robert Morlino has issued guidance to priests in the Catholic Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, that critics say could limit the availability of funeral rites within the church for gay people.

"Let there be light," God once declared when he created the Earth. This week the man behind the fundamentalist Christian theme park Ark Encounter, Ken Ham, also made the same declaration -- in rainbow colors.

During his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last Thursday, Donald Trump again called for the repeal of the restrictions on tax-exempt religious organizations getting involved in politics.